By J. J. Thomas. New Edition. New York : William Wood & Co. 1885.

If the demand for a work is a proof of its value, we have the test here, for this has been through so many since about 1850, we believe, since the first one appeared that we have lost the exact record. Besides the cultural directions, which from the pen of so practical an author as Mr. Thomas must have a more than ordinary value, the descriptions of fruits have been brought under better systems of classifications which make it easier than before to find out the name of an unknown fruit. But even yet this will be no easy task. The full descriptions of the best fruits are given in the body of the work, and the mere names of these with the brief descriptions of those that are not regarded as best, occupy 84 pages of the index.